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Guest
post
from
Erick
Brethenoux,
Director,
IBM
Business
Analytics
&
Decision
Management
Strategy
As
the
saying
goes,
“Rugby
is
a
rough
sport
for
gentlemen;
football
(or
soccer)
is
a
gentle
sport
for
ruffians.”
When
I
played
rugby
in
my
younger
days
in
France,
I
suffered
a
number
of
injuries
–
from
a
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Predictive
maintenance
involves
predicting
when
a
component
will
fail
or
require
service,
before
that
failure
happens.
It
goes
well
beyond
traditional
approaches,
such
as
reactive
maintenance
(replace
components
after
they
fail)
or
scheduled
maintenance
(replace
components
on
a
pre-determined
schedule).
Instead
a
predictive
maintenance
solution
uses
historical
data
to
predict
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